firstly, i wanted to thank to brennan for this great recording, and allowing me to share with you in the dreaded mp3 format. so, thank you again, brennan and to the fine folks at via chicago. fear not audiophiles, you can grab the flac version here. without further ado, here is mr tweedy and guests playing at the solid sound fest on 8.15 in north adams, ma.

1. sunken treasure
2. remember the mountainbed
3. please be patient with me
4. muzzle of bees
5. in a future age
6. via chicago
7. the ruling class
8. bob dylans 49th beard
9. simple twist of fate
10. shakin sugar
11. someday soon
12. new madrid
13. lost love
14. im always in love
15. spiders
16. tennessee porch swing w/ sir richard bishop
17. ingrid bergman w/ nick from the books
18. look out for my love w/ avi buffalo
19. dash 7 w/ nels cline
20. the family garden w/ scott mccaughey
21. someone elses song
22. so much wine
23. its just that simple w/ john stirratt on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, tweedy on bass, nels on lap steel, pat sansone on keyboard and greg wieczorek on drums
24. passenger side w/ john on bass, nels on banjo, mike jorgensen and pat sansone on keyboards and greg wieczorek on drums
25. outta mind (outta site) w/ john on bass, nels on banjo, matthew smith of outrageous cherry on electric guitar, greg wieczorek on drums and pat sansone and mike jorgensen on keyboards

top of the mid morning! dont got much to say this point in the day, as sleeping on an air mattress for 3 weeks while my inlaws are in town has diminished my love for morning chit-chat. actually, its diminished a lot more than that. so here is jeff tweedy performing at the vic in chicago in 07. see what i did right there, see directly below, its a .rar of the entire show! more to come later today…. and btw, thanks to the original taper xoxoxo

the whole she-bangs

1. remember the mountain bed
2. radio king
3. the community song
4. john wesley harding
5. the ruling class
6. new madrid
7. the auld triangle
8. you are my face
9. hummingbird
10. kamera
11. what light
12. airline to heaven
13. pot kettle black
14. when the roses bloom again
15. either way
16. love and mercy
17. the community song (reprise)
18. shot in the arm
19. the good part
20. impossible germany
21. the lonely 1
22. pecan pie
23. less than you think
24. hell is chrome
25. gun
26. im the man who loves you
27. jesus etc
28. passenger side
29. acuff rose

morning! on an uncle tupelo bender right now, so please bare with me. i found this the other day, or at least what i thought it was was uncle tupelo’s demos to no depression which goes by the name of not forever, just for now. but as i did a bit of research, those demos are only about 10 songs deep, and this is 31?!?!? so if there are any uncle tupelo fans out there, that are more knowledgeable than me, please feel free to speak up on what this actually may be.

EDIT: this is actually uncle tupelo’s last show at mississippi nights, which i actually posted two years ago. i cant keep up/remember everything! thanks to dave and the postcard from hell crew.

1. no depression
2. chickamauga
3. watch me fall
4. grindstone
5. satan, your kingdom must come down
6. fifteen keys
7. the long cut
8. anodyne
9. new madrid
10. slate
11. atomic power
12. postcard
13. gun
14. high water
15. acuff-rose
16. true to life
17. weve been had
18. ….keys to my heart
19. everybody knows this is nowhere
20. whiskey bottle
21. looking for a way out
22. gimme three steps
23. sandusky
24. steal the crumbs
25. nothing
26. life worth livin
27. willin
28. truck drivin man
29. effigy
30. stay free
31. wherever

top of the morning, peeps! as a reminder for new orleans folks, glossary’s joey kneiser is playing at my house on the 10th, which is next tuesday. even if you dont live in new orleans, but have a friend or even a friend of a friend, please let them now about the happenings going on. tickets are ten bucks. you can email me, hit the bother me link up there or contact corey @ coflegel@gmail.com for all the details, like location.

here is a promo that was sent out to radio stations in support of anodyne which i of course cant recommend enough. as the pic up there suggests its the album version of “the long cut” plus 5 live tracks.

1. the long cut (album version)
2. weve been had
3. anodyne
4. truckin drivin man
5. suzy q
6. fifteen keys

i was actually attempting to make a top 20 this year, but as it turns out i have really only spent the year listening to 5-6 records, religiously. sure there’s a lot of good-great stuff out this year, but not much has held my attention past a few listens. there are two records though that really to my ears are minor classics, and are battling it out for the number 1 spot. should have my list compiled by early next week, i hope.

in other news, here are a few uncle tupelo demos that were once on tape that goes by the name of colorblind and rhymeless. sadly, up until last night, i didnt even know this existed. second time in a week, see the hip demos, that something like this had escaped my consciousness for far too long. and i call myself a completest….

1. before i break
2. i got drunk
3. screen door
4. blues die hard
5. pickle river

a few very nice tributes to jay… more to come a little later

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jay and jeff at old town school of folk music fest in chicago on 7.25.99.

1. intro
2. james alley blues
3. shes a jar
4. new madrid
5. blood of the lamb
6. down in the willow garden
7. auld triangle
8. another man’s done gone
9. hesitating beauty
10. via chicago
11. sugar baby
12. i got you
13. forget the flowers
14. im always in love
15. the lonely 1
16. summerteeth
17. pecan pie
18. true love will find you in the end
19. casino queen
20. encore break
21. california stars
22. hoodoo voodoo

photo by jim newberry

i love this pic. it looks posed as hell, but i still love it. i’ve had a few requests for some wilco show reposts as of late. not this show, exactly, but i am making an executive decision and reposting it anyway. its an awesome show from bogarts in cincinnati on 11.5.99. sorry no rar or zip…

1. via chicago
2. candyfloss
3. summerteeth
4. im always in love
5. i must be high
6. how to fight loneliness
7. hotel arizona
8. red eyed and blue
9. i got you
10. nothingsevergonnastandinmyway
11. shes a jar
12. shot in the arm
13. we’re just friends
14. misunderstood
15. my darling
16. hesitating beauty
17. christ for president
18. banter
19. passenger side
20. cant stand it
21. banter
22. forget the flowers
23. buried alive
24. new madrid
25. the lonely one
26. california stars
27. monday
28. any major dude will tell you
29. kingpin
30. casino queen
31. drums
32. outtasite
33. no romance